POUGHKEEPSIE – The City of Poughkeepsie has been awarded a $500,000 planning grant by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to develop a community-driven transformation plan for the city’s Northside neighborhood with a focus on revitalizing the Thurgood Marshall Terrace and Martin Luther King Jr. Garden Apartments in partnership with residents and the Poughkeepsie Housing Authority.
The Choice Neighborhoods program is designed to prioritize the needs of public housing households and residents in expanding access to high-quality mixed-income housing, employment, healthcare and education, among other key neighborhood amenities and assets.
The city will have 30 months to complete the transformation plan and be eligible for additional funding for implementation…